Many people that are directly involved with auto racing, or those of us that snipe from the sidelines, hold certain cars with more affection than others.
In my case one of my dream cars, one of many I should note, was just about anything that had a yellow and black Prancing Horse pinned to its flanks.
Note the past tense “was.”
Max “The Littlest Perv” Mosley, the president of motor sport’s world governing body FIA, has received backing from Toyota Motorsport and the Ferrari Formula One team after his vote of confidence in the wake of a sex scandal.
“I am happy that Max Mosley has been re-elected as FIA president. He has done an excellent job for Formula One these last few years. In the future, it will be entirely down to him if and when he stands down,” - Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo.
Screw you, you’ve just lost a potential customer thanks to your “U-Turn” even if one that was only in a dream state.
My recent decision to take delivery of a brand spanking new Mitsu Pajero is looking mighty prescient as well.
“Toyota Motorsport accepts the decision. Now that FIA members have expressed their point of view, we hope the world of motorsport will not be disturbed by the scandal, controversy or negative publicity. “We also understand the position of the major national federations,” issued by some anonymous knucklehead at Toyota.
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peterg wrote,
Marc while I agree with you on Luca’s double dealing, I will resereve judgement on Toyota. I see someting in that statement.
Toyota:-”We also understand the position of the major national federations,”
That is actually a fair call on Toyotas part, in that those same (small & terrified?)federations are under the thumb of Max.Just saying they accept the vote does not mean they are too happy about the outcome.
Perhaps I’m way off target, but if there is a manufacturer led break-away, I expect Toyota to be leading the charge.
Link | June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 am